The Knight’s Armament Company Light Machine Gun ranks as the world’s most lightweight, simple, versatile, and controllable light machine gun. Eliminating the need for a bolt buffer mitigates recoil effect common to machine guns, as there is no impact of the bolt on the end of its stroke, making the gun very easy to control – even in long bursts. The LMG features a hybrid modular forend and an underslung mounting slot for accepting standard and improved 5.56 mm belted ammunition containers. The LMG is extremely accurate due to the secure mounting of the “quick change” barrel, and the reduced length feed cover design, which accommodates loading and unloading without disturbing the zero of rearward mounted optics or sights.